Were You There When

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Fontbonne University announced the recipients of the 2011
Founders Awards? The awards are presented annually to people in the
St. Louis community who have embodied the university�s values as
prescribed by the founding Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.
Pictured: Dorothy �DeDe� Caspari, Leon Henderson, Jene O�Blennis,
Sr. Barbara Dreher and Fr. John Kavanaugh (not pictured: Anthony
Thompson)

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St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired and The
Delta Gamma Center for Children held their family festival? More
than 1,000 kids and families attended the event at Shaw Park in
Clayton. The festivities included magicians, clowns, live music,
games and BeepBall. Pictured: Ron Hampp, David Ekin, Clayton mayor
Linda Goldstein, Laurie Waters

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Third grade students from Mary Institute and Country Day School
spoke to Gateway 180�s donors about a new project? The kids from
MICDS, who are regular volunteers with the organization, started
the project, �Mack�s Backyard,� to raise funds and awareness so
that homeless children have a place to play. Pictured: Sander,
Kierstin and William Coovert, Amy, Jim, Ally and Amanda
Kalishman

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The American Heart Association announced that Rossman School
raised the most money in 2010-11 of any Missouri school that held
both Jump Rope for Heart and Hoops for Heart fundraisers? Students
at Rossman raised $11,176 for the organization, which is
approximately $3,000 more than the second-place school.

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The Arts and Education Council received a $125,000 gift from The
Boeing Company? The company generously donated the money to benefit
the Council�s annual fundraising campaign. A portion of the
donation will be used to fund the fourth year of the Boeing/Arts
and Education Council Collaborative Grant program. The program is
used to create and promote a more sustainable arts and cultural
environment that engages people to become lifelong arts
participants, patrons and practitioners. Pictured: Natalie Fama,
Kevin Nicoletti, David Salmo, Kate York, Hannah Ingram and Ty
Schlabach

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Former catcher and new manager for the Cardinals, Mike Matheny,
presented Ranken Jordan Pediatric Hospital with a $100,000 check?
The check came from the Catch 22 Foundation, as part of Matheny�s
annual charity golf tournament. Pictured: Dr. Nick Holekamp, Mike
Matheny